SECTION I
USEFUL PHRASES
A
abandoned hope
abated pride
abbreviated visit
abhorred thraldom
abiding romance
abject submission
abjured ambition
able strategist
abnormal talents
abominably perverse
abounding happiness
abridged statement
abrogated law
abrupt transition
absolutely irrevocable
absorbed reverie
abstemious diet
abstract character
abstruse reasoning
absurdly dangerous
abundant opportunity
abusive epithet
abysmally apologetic
academic rigor
accelerated progress
accentuated playfulness
accepted littleness
accessible pleasures

adorable vanity
adroit flatterer
adulated stranger
adventitious way
adventurous mind
adverse experience
affably accommodating
affected indifference
affectionate approval
affianced lady
affirmative attitude
affluent language
affrighted slave
aggravated faults
aggregate body
aggressive selfishness
agile mind
agitated imagination
agonizing appeal
agreeable frankness
aimless confusion
airy splendor
alarming rapidity
alert acceptance
algebraic brevity
alien splendor
alleged reluctance
allegorical vein
allied subjects
alliterative suggestion

antagonistic views
antecedent facts
anticipated attention
antiquated prudery
anxious misgiving
apathetic greeting
aphoristic wit
apish agility
apocalyptic vision
apocryphal lodger
apologetic explanation
apostrophic dignity
appalling difficulties
apparent significance
appealing picture
appointed function
apposite illustration
appreciable relief
appreciative fervor
apprehensive dread
apprentice touch
appropriate designation
approving smile
approximately correct
aptly suggested
arbitrarily imposed
arch conspirator
arched embrasure
archeological pursuits
architectural grandeur

attending circumstances
attentive deference
attenuated sound
attested loyalty
attractive exordium
audacious mendicant
audible intimations
augmented force
august tribunal
auspicious moment
austere charm
authentic indications
authoritative critic
autobiographical pages
autocratic power
automatic termination
autumnal skies
auxiliary aids
available data
avaricious eyes
avenging fate
average excellence
averted calamity
avowed intention
awakened curiosity
awed devotion
awful dejection
awkward dilemma
axiomatic truth
azure sky

beggarly flimsiness
beguiling voice
belated acknowledgment
belittling fears
bellicose humanity
beneficent career
benevolent regard
benighted sense
benignant pity [benignant = favorable; beneficial; kind]
beseeching gesture
besetting heresy
besotted fanaticism
bestial ferocity
bewildering maze
bewitching airs
beyond peradventure [peradventure = perhaps]
bibulous diversions [bibulous = consumes alcoholic drink]
bigoted contempt
binding obligation
bitter recrimination
bizarre apparel
blackening west
blameless indolence
blanched desolation
bland confidence
blank misgivings
blasphemous hypocrisy
blatant discourse
blazing audacity
blazoned shield

bravely vanquished
braying trumpet
brazen importunity [importunity = insistent request]
breathless eagerness
brief tenure
briefless barrister
bright interlude
brilliant embodiment
brisk energy
bristling temper
brittle sarcasm
broadening fame
broken murmurs
brooding peace
brutal composure
bubbling frivolities
bucolic cudgeling [bucolic = about shepherds or flocks; pastoral]
[cudgeling = beat with a short heavy stick]
budding joy
bulky figure
buoyant pluck
burdensome business
burly strength
burning zeal
bursting laugh
busily engrossed
business acumen
bygone period
C
cabalistic phrase [cabalistic = secret or hidden meaning]

challenge admiration
chance reflections
changing exigencies [exigencies = pressing or urgent situation]
chaotic plans
characteristic audacity
charitable allowance
charming radiance
chary instincts [chary = cautious; wary]
chastened hope
chatty familiarity
cheap resentment
cheery response
chequered career
cherished objects
childlike ingenuousness [ingenuous = frank; candid.]
chilled cynicism
chirpy familiarities
chivalrous spirit
choicest refinements
choleric temperament [choleric = easily angered; bad-tempered]
choral chant
chronic frailties
churlish temper [churlish = boorish; vulgar; rude]
circling eddyings
circuitous information
circumscribed purpose
civic consciousness
civilizing influence
clammy death
clamorous vibration

comforting reassurance
comic infelicity
commanding attitude
commendable purpose
commercial opulence
commingled emotion
commodiously arranged
common substratum
commonplace allusions
compact fitness
comparative scantiness
compassionate love
compelling force
compendious abstract
compensatory character
competent authority
competitive enterprise
complacent platitudes
complaining sea
complaisant observation
complete aloofness
complex notions
complicated maze
complimentary glance
component aspects
composed zeal
composite growth
compound idea
comprehensive design
compressed view

conservative distrust
considerate hint
consistent friendliness
consoling consciousness
conspicuous ascendency
constant reiteration
constitutional reserve
constrained politeness
constructive idealists
consuming zeal
consummate mastery
contagious wit
contaminating influence
contemplative nature
contemporary fame
contemptuous disrespect
contented indolence
contingent reasons